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thereon shall be certified by the board to the supreme court. The procedure for review, except as herein provided, shall be prescribed by rules of the supreme court.

Effect of writ to review.

39. The allowance of a writ of certiorari or the institution of any proceeding to review any order of the board by the supreme court as aforesaid, shall in no case supersede or stay the order of the board, unless the supreme court, or a justice thereof, shall so direct, and the appellant may be required by the supreme court or a justice thereof, to give bond in such form and of such amount as the supreme court, or the justice thereof allowing the stay, shall require.

Preference of proceedings.

40. Any proceeding in any court of this state directly affecting an order of the board or to which the board is a party, shall have preference over all other civil proceedings pending in such court.

Free passes to officers, employees, etc.

41. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the issue by any steam railroad, street railway, traction, canal, express, telephone or telegraph companies or other common carriers, of free passes or franks to their employees, officers, agents, surgeons, physicians, attorneys-at-law, and their families, and the interchange between said public utilities and common carriers, of passes or franks for their employees, officers, agents, surgeons, physicians, attorneys-atlaw, and their families.

Unconstitutionality of any provision not to affect other provisions.

42. If, for any reason, any section or provision of, this act shall be questioned in any court, and shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, no other section or provision of this act shall be affected thereby.

Repeal of inconsistent acts.

43. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect on the first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

Approved April 21, 1911.

CRIMES

Provisions of "An Act for the punishment of crimes (Revision of 1898)," P. L. 1898, p. 794, especially applicable to corporations.

190.* Embezzlement.

Any person who, holding an office of trust and profit under the authority of this state, or under any public or private corporation existing under the laws thereof, who shall embezzle any of the money, property or securities committed to his keeping, with intent to defraud the state, or any county thereof, or any city, borough, township, body corporate or person, or shall fraudulently dispose of the same, shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor.

($167.)

191. Fraudulent appropriation of corporate property. Any person who, being a director, member or public officer of any body corporate or public company, shall fraudulently take or apply for his own use or benefit, or for any use or purpose other than the use or purpose of such body corporate or public company, any of the property of such body corporate or public company, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

($172.)

* Arbitrary section number; see footnote, p. 247.

192. Keeping fraudulent accounts.

Any person who, being a director, public officer or manager of any body corporate or public company, shall, as such, receive or possess himself of any of the property of such body corporate or public company, otherwise than in payment of a just debt or demand, and shall, with intent to defraud, omit to make, or to cause or direct to be made a full and true entry thereof in the books and accounts of such body corporate or public company, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

($173.)

193. Wilful destruction of books, making false entries, &c.

Any person who, being a director, manager, public officer or member of any body corporate or public company, shall, with intent to defraud, destroy, alter, mutilate or falsify any book, paper, writing, or valuable security belonging to the said body corporate or public company, or make or concur in the making of any false entry, or omit or concur in omitting any material particular in any book of accounts or other document belonging thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

($174.)

194. Publishing false statements.

Any person who, being a director, manager or public officer of any body corporate or public company, shall make, circulate or publish or concur in making, circulating or publishing any written statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular, with intent to deceive or defraud any

member, shareholder or creditor of any such body corporate or public company, or with intent to induce any person to become a shareholder or partner therein, or to entrust or advance any property to such body corporate or public company, or to enter into any security for the benefit thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

($175.)

195. Embezzlement by servants, agents, &c.

Any servant, employee or agent of any individual or incorporated company, who shall take or receive any money, bank bill or note, of or above the price or value of twenty dollars, belonging to his master, employer, or said incorporated company, with intent to defraud such master, employer or incorporated company thereof, and shall wilfully retain and appropriate to his own use the said money, bank bill or note, knowing the same to belong to his master, employer, or said incorporated company, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

($179.)

196. Issuing false stock.

Every president, vice-president, director, cashier, treasurer, secretary or other officer, and every agent of any bank, insurance company, railroad company, manufacturing company, or of any other corporation, who shall wilfully or designedly sign, with intent to issue, transfer, sell or pledge, or cause to be issued, transferred, sold or pledged, any false, fraudulent or simulated certificate or other evidence of the ownership or transfer of any share or shares of the capital stock of such corporation, or who shall wilfully or designedly sign, with intent to issue, transfer, sell or

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